File #: ORD-18:010    Version: 1 Name: ABANDON JACKSON AVENUE BETWEEN CHURCH STREET AND CARSON STREET AND A 15’ ALLEY LOCATED WITHIN THE ST. BERNARDS WASHINGTON AVENUE PARKING LOT
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/31/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 2/20/2018
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON JACKSON AVENUE BETWEEN CHURCH STREET AND CARSON STREET AND A 15’ ALLEY LOCATED WITHIN THE ST. BERNARDS WASHINGTON AVENUE PARKING LOT, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS;
Sponsors: Engineering, Planning
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Abandonment Request.pdf, 2. Petition.pdf, 3. Plat.pdf, 4. Notice of Public Hearing.pdf, 5. Eng and Planning Letters.pdf, 6. Utility Letters.pdf
Related files: RES-18:008

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AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON JACKSON AVENUE BETWEEN CHURCH STREET AND CARSON STREET AND A 15’ ALLEY LOCATED WITHIN THE ST. BERNARDS WASHINGTON AVENUE PARKING LOT, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS;

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DESCRIPTION:

JACKSON AVENUE BETWEEN THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CHURCH STREET AND THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CARSON STREET, CONTAINING SOME 30,750 SQ. FT. OR 0.706 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

 

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A 15 FOOT ALLEY LYING BETWEEN LOT 15 AND LOT 18 OF NASH’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, LOTS 18 THROUGH 27, LOT 36 AND LOT 37 OF COBB’S SURVEY OF THE SW1/4, SE1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, AND LOT 1 OF THE MID-SOUTH BANK FIRST REPLAT, CONTAINING SOME 11,851 SQ. FT. OR 0.272 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

 

SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, RESERVATIONS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF RECORD.

 

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that:

 

SECTION ONE:    The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereby releases, vacates and abandons all of its rights, together with the rights of the public generally, in and to the Street Right of Way and Alley designated as follows:

 

DESCRIPTION:

JACKSON AVENUE BETWEEN THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CHURCH STREET AND THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CARSON STREET, CONTAINING SOME 30,750 SQ. FT. OR 0.706 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

 

A 15 FOOT ALLEY LYING BETWEEN LOT 15 AND LOT 18 OF NASH’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, LOTS 18 THROUGH 27, LOT 36 AND LOT 37 OF COBB’S SURVEY OF THE SW1/4, SE1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, AND LOT 1 OF THE MID-SOUTH BANK FIRST REPLAT, CONTAINING SOME 11,851 SQ. FT. OR 0.272 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

 

SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, RESERVATIONS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF RECORD.

 

SECTION TWO:  Upon action of the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, a plat will be filed with the Circuit Clerk for the Western District of Craighead County, Arkansas, dedicating a utility/drainage/ingress/egress easement equal in width to the right-of-way of Jackson Avenue.

 

SECTION THREE:     A copy of the ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the recorder of Craighead County, Arkansas and shall be filed in the Deed Records of such office.

 

SECTION FOUR:  Whereas, it is necessary for obtaining final building permits, provide for traffic safety and continue construction activities, now therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

 

PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of February, 2018.